The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize

Today marks the release of the shortlist of the 2017 Young People’s Book Prize, which celebrates the best books that communicate science to young people.

These six fantastic books were chosen by a panel of adult judges from entries submitted by publishers. Over the next five months, this shortlist will be judged by over 300 groups of young people across the UK – together they decide the winner.

2017 Shortlist

The Awesome Body Book by Adam Frost

A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Petr Horáček

Home Lab By Robert Winston

IF… A Mind-Bending Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J Smith, illustrated by Steve Adams

100 things to know about Space by Alex Frith, Alice James and Jerome Martin, illustrated by Shaw Nielsen and Federico Mariani